Literature

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  Zen and the Birds of Appetite

  Thomas Merton

  Paperback

  Merton, one of the rare Western thinkers able to feel at home in the philosophies of the East, made the wisdom of Asia available to Westerners.

• Baudelaire: Critical study

  Jean-Paul Sartre

  Paperback

  Sartre's study of Baudelaire is one of the more brilliant achievements of modern criticism. We may often disagree with his interpretations of the...

• Seven Types of Ambiguity

  William Empson

  Paperback

  First published in 1930, Seven Types of Ambiguity has long been recognized as a landmark in the history of English literary criticism.

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  The Time of the Assassins: A Study of Rimbaud

  Henry Miller

  Paperback

  This study is not literary criticism but a fascinating chapter in Miller's own spiritual autobiography.

• Stand Still Like the Hummingbird

  Henry Miller

  Paperback

  One of Henry Miller's most luminous statements of his personal philosophy of life,Stand Still Like the Hummingbird, provides a symbolic title for...